Are you ready for some football?

Are you ready for some football?

Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times

Landry Locke of Lubbock, Texas, throws a football to friends outside the Rose Bowl before the start of the BCS Championship Game in Pasadena on Thursday. He is a junior at the University of Texas. Alabama plays Texas later today for the BCS Championship.

Landry Locke of Lubbock, Texas, throws a football to friends outside the Rose Bowl before the start of the BCS Championship Game in Pasadena on Thursday. He is a junior at the University of Texas. Alabama plays Texas later today for the BCS Championship. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Landry Locke of Lubbock, Texas, throws a football to friends outside the Rose Bowl before the start of the BCS Championship Game in Pasadena on Thursday. He is a junior at the University of Texas. Alabama plays Texas later today for the BCS Championship.